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J. PALMER.

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Patented Feb. 11, 1868.

I No. 74.414.

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JOHN PALMER,- OF MEGHANIOSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters Patent No. 74,414, dated February 11, 18683 i IMPROVEMENT In lancer-Tor ROLLER.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that'I, JoHN' PALMER, of the town of Mechanicsburg, county of Cumberland, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented'a new and improved Mode of Preventing Buggy-Tops from Rattling; and I do hereby declare the following'to' be an exact description thereof, reference being hadto'the accompanying draw ings,'and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective View, exhibiting the joint of the top as connected with; the seat of a buggy or falling-top vehicle, and the elastic cylinder for tightening and fastening the bow firmly to prevent any rattling noise.

.Figure'Z represents a sectional view of the elastic cylinder and joint of the buggy-top;

The nature of 'my invention consists in the gum-elastic cylinder fitted tightly on. to the bolt, by which the top is fastened to the seat, and upon'which the bows of the top rest, and by which any noise or rattling is prevented. A strap and buckle are fastenedat each end of the cylinder, and when thetop of the buggyis down it rests upon the elastic cylinder, and the'strnp is buckled over the bows, holding the bows firmly on tothe elastic cylinder, which prevents the bows' from cutting the curtain; or rattling." V

A; represents the gum-cylinder, fitted tightly on to the pivot-bolt F, with a screw-cut heador nut, to tighten the cylinder between the washers G G at each end, and prevent the washers ,and the supports of the top from rattling. Bis the leather strap, and C the buckle attached to each end of the cylinder, and when buckled around the heirs of the topwhen down, the bows are firmly held on to the gum-cylinder, and rattling noises are completely prevented,-either by the bows or at the ends of the eylindeqth'at result from the use of metallic or wooden cylinders, frequently very annoying.

What I claim as my inven'tion,-and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a gulmelastic cylinder A, and its strap and buckle B and (l, with the screw-boltF and 7 'top boivs D of a. falling-top buggy, as herein described and for the purposes set forth.

1 JOHN PALMER.

Witnesses: y i A. (J. KLINK, v y r H. W. CLARKE. 

